The 9th Annual Conference ofthe International Chemical Biology Society

ICBS2020 VIRTUAL

Register at:

November 11-13, 2020

Addressing Therapeutic Challenges Together
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Free registration at chemical-biology.org
Keynote Speakers

with Chemical Biology-Dr. Zijian Guo
Dr. Mikiko Sodeoka Dr. James Bradner Dr. Alanna Schepartz Dr. Stuart Schreiber Dr. Herbert Waldmann
Nanjing University,Riken, Japan
Novartis, USA
University of California,
Harvard University,
Max Planck Institute ofChina
Berkeley, USA
USA
Molecular Physiology, Germany“Chemical Biology“Potential of Raman“Chemical Biology“Novel molecules "30 years of Molecular Glues: “Pseudo Natural Products of Platinum-basedSpectroscopy in& Therapeutics"
from a repurposed Controlling cell circuitry in
Chemical Evolution ofAnticancer Agents" Chemical Biology Research"translation machine"
biology and medicine"
Natural Product Structure”

Session 1: In-cell Chemistry
Dr. Keriann Backus
Alexander and Renee Kolin Term Chair,Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry,Chemistry, & Biochemistry UCLA
“Chemical Biology & Therapeutics"
8:30-8:50 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)
Dr. Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes
Reader in Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal“Bioorthogonal decaging chemistryin cells and animals”
8:50-9:10 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)Dr. Justin M. Chalker
Associate Professor
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia“The chemical biology of cysteine oxidation”
9:10-9:30 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)

Sessions and Chairs
Session 1: In-cell Chemistry (Gonçalo Bernardes,
University of Cambridge, UK & Keriann Backus,
UCLA, USA)
Session 2: COVID-19, Disease Modeling, andDrug Discovery (Shuibing Chen, CornellUniversity, USA)
Session 3: Academic-Industry Partnerships casestudies (Douglas S. Auld, Novartis, USA & Sherry
Niessen, Pfizer, USA)
Session 4: Chemical Biology of Small Molecule
Protein Degraders (Andrew Zhang, AstraZeneca,USA)
Session 5: Chemical Technologies to Promote
Drug Discovery (Huw Davies & Monika Raj,Emory University, USA)
Session 6: Rising Stars Session: ICBS Young
Chemical Biologist Awardees
ICBS Trainees Research Forum

Supported by:

ICBS2020 Virtual Host: Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation Initiative (BDCI), Emory University
ICBS2020/2021 Local Organizing Committee: Huw Davies, Haian Fu, Dennis Liotta, Jae Won Chang, Yuhong Du, M.G. Finn,Jen Heemstra, Shafiq Khan, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, Eddie Morgan, Binghe Wang, Daqing Wu, Bill Wuest,Y George Zheng
CBS2020 Virtual Operation team: Tiffany R. Bell-Horwath, Andrey A. Ivanov, Rio Febrian,
Rachel Commander, Kun Qian
ICBS2020 Program Committee
chemical-biology.org

icbs2020virtual@gmail.com

The 9th Annual Conference ofthe International Chemical Biology Society

ICBS2020 VIRTUAL

Register at:

November 11-13, 2020

Addressing Therapeutic Challenges Together

with Chemical Biology

chemical-biology.org
Free registration at chemical-biology.org
Keynote Speakers-Dr. Zijian Guo
Dr. Mikiko Sodeoka Dr. James Bradner Dr. Alanna Schepartz Dr. Stuart Schreiber Dr. Herbert WaldmannNanjing University,Riken, Japan
Novartis, USA
University of California,
Harvard University,
Max Planck Institute ofChina
Berkeley, USAUSA
Molecular Physiology, Germany“Chemical Biology“Potential of Raman“Chemical Biology“Novel molecules "30 years of Molecular Glues: “Pseudo Natural Products of Platinum-basedSpectroscopy in& Therapeutics"
from a repurposed Controlling cell circuitry in
Chemical Evolution ofAnticancer Agents" Chemical Biology Research"translation machine"
biology and medicine"
Natural Product Structure”

Session 2: COVID-19, Disease Modeling, and Drug Discovery
Dr. Shuibing Chen
Kilt Family Associate Professor,Weill Cornell Medicine“Repurposing FDA-Approved Drugs for
COVID-19”
9:30-9:45 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)

Dr. Gabsang Lee
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University SOM“Optogenetic alpha-synuclein aggregation
system-based compound screening platform in
PD hiPSC-derived mDA neurons"
10:00-10:15 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)

Dr. Nigel H. Greig
Chief of the Drug Design &Development Section at NIA“Developing agents to mitigate thesystemic and neurologicalinflammatory component of COVID-19"
9:45-10:00 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)Dr. Zhexing WenAssistant Professor, Emory University SOM“Modeling viral infection and screening
therapeutic compounds with human
iPSC-derived neural cells and brain organoids"
10:15-10:30 PM, Nov 11, 2020 (US EST)

Sessions and Chairs

Session 1: In-cell Chemistry (Gonçalo
Bernardes, University of Cambridge, UK& Keriann Backus, UCLA, USA)

Session 3: Academic-Industry Partnerships
case studies (Doug Auld, Novartis, USA &Sherry Niessen, Pfizer, USA)

Session 5: Chemical Technologies toPromote Drug Discovery (Huw Davies &Monika Raj, Emory University, USA)

Session 2: COVID-19, Disease Modeling,and Drug Discovery (Shuibing Chen,Cornell University, USA)

Session 4: Chemical Biology of Small
Molecule Protein Degraders (Andrew Zhang,AstraZeneca, USA)

Session 6: Rising Star Awards
ICBS Trainees Research Forum

Supported by:

ICBS2020 Virtual Host: Biological Discovery through Chemical Innovation Initiative (BDCI), Emory University
ICBS2020/2021 Local Organizing Committee: Huw Davies, Haian Fu, Dennis Liotta, Jae Won Chang, Yuhong Du, M.G. Finn,Jen Heemstra, Shafiq Khan, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, Eddie Morgan, Binghe Wang, Daqing Wu, Bill Wuest,Y George Zheng
CBS2020 Virtual Operation team: Tiffany R. Bell-Horwath, Andrey A. Ivanov, Rio Febrian,
Rachel Commander, Kun Qian
ICBS2020 Program Committee
chemical-biology.org

icbs2020virtual@gmail.com